West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994   on, it is clear to me that the worst thing we could do would be to make a decision where one side would win and the other one lose. This would create a situation where, in terms of labour relations, they would always be at one another's throats and, when the time to negotiate a new agreement

West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994   for their co-operation in allowing the legislation to be dealt with quickly. I want to speak on behalf of western Canadian grain farmers in making it very clear to the House that this disruption should never have happened. Legislation that provides a long-term solution to this problem

West Coast Ports Operations Act, 1994   procedures in this legislation puts the onus back on the parties and once again requires them to make clear, economic, rational decisions on behalf of their members, their companies and the public interest at large. It does not take away the responsibility of coming to decisions

The Environment   are paying for the pollution they cause. We are looking for co-operation with the provincial government of British Columbia to make sure that the coast line is clear. I know that my colleague the Minister of Transport has been working very hard on this issue. I intend to meet very

Cigarette Smuggling  Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for that answer. I have a further supplementary for the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's announcement today was not quite clear on all of the additional costs that will be incurred by the RCMP, the customs branch, the ministry of health

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act  I want to make the statement I have made very clear to the hon. member who raises the question. The purpose of Bill C-3, and I read this verbatim out of notes from our briefing, "is to enable provincial governments to provide their residents reasonably comparable levels

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements And Federal Post-Secondary Education And Health Contributions Act   Research Council is located here, but that does not explain everything and even then, the rest of the R and D funds should be distributed more equitably. That is why, as the hon. member said, we must look at the causes and the root of problems if we want to have a clear understanding

Tobacco Products  Mr. Speaker, it has been almost 100 days since the government took office. We have established a clear approach of being straight with Canadians, of facing difficult problems head on and dealing with them decisively. That is what we intend to do today. We intend to deal

House Of Commons Standing Orders   in this House and elsewhere that the priority of the government is job creation and not the Constitution. The Liberal position on the nature of self-government was made clear in the red book. We said that the inherent right of self-government is an existing aboriginal and treaty right

House Of Commons Standing Orders  Mr. Speaker, I should make clear to the member that I am not talking about turning members of Parliament into a voting machine where all they do is go home on the weekend, count noses on an issue and come back here and stick up their hands or not. I am not talking about that. I

House Of Commons Standing Orders   in the 1790s when the member for Bristol in England in the other Parliament discussed the various pros and cons of the system which the member, some generations later, has just suggested. My concern to the hon. member is that it seems very clear that the system the member proposes

House Of Commons Standing Orders  Order, please. I think the question is clear enough.

House Of Commons Standing Orders  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's question and the dilemma that freer votes can create in that respect. What I am saying, and I am sure this is the member's experience, that issues will come along where the party line is quite clear and he is absolutely aware that his

House Of Commons Standing Orders  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her question. I might not have made myself as clear as I should have. I was not saying that recall was the most important thing in the minds of Canadian voters. I was saying that if asked about these direct democracy measures, referenda

House Of Commons Standing Orders   vote convention we proposed we would still have parties. On most issues on which our platforms and commitments were clear and we were elected on the basis of those platforms and commitments we would continue to vote, for the most part, in accordance with those mandates. However